The 7 Coffee Beans Hidden in a Beard That Changed the World Forever.
Imagine that the cup of coffee you're enjoying right now might never have reached you were it not for a daring adventure that took place over 350 years ago! Before 1670, Yemen was the guardian of the secret of "black gold," prohibiting the export of any "green" coffee beans suitable for planting. Only roasted or brewed beans were permitted to ensure a monopoly on their cultivation.
But the turning point came at the hands of an Indian mystic named Baba Bodan. While returning from performing the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, he passed through the famous Yemeni port of Mocha. Driven by his passion for this magical beverage, he decided to break this monopoly in an unimaginable way:
Baba Bodan carefully concealed seven green coffee beans within his thick beard and successfully crossed the port undetected.
Upon arriving in his homeland of India, specifically in the Chikmagalur region, he planted the seven beans in his country's soil. From those few beans, the spark of coffee cultivation ignited beyond Yemen's borders, later spreading to Indonesia, then Europe, and finally Latin America. Coffee transformed from a closely guarded Yemeni secret into the most popular and widely consumed beverage in the world.
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